☰
HomeLiving Beyond BordersGZERO WorldSignalIn 60 SecondsPuppet RegimeGZERO World PodcastContact UsAbout UsCareersPrivacy PolicyTerms

Why absentee ballots are counted faster by some states; PlayStation 5 early take

November 09, 2020
GZERO Media
Why Absentee Ballots Are Counted Faster By Some States | PS5 Early Take | Tech In :60 | GZERO Media

youtu.be

Nicholas Thompson, editor-in-chief of WIRED, discusses technology industry news today:

Why do some states get their absentee ballots counted more quickly?

Well, it's a federalist country. States make their own voting rules. Some states started counting the absentee ballots as soon as they came in. Other states, much later. So, Florida pretty much had it done right at the beginning, which is why we had Florida results early on, which was very good for Donald Trump. Alaska doesn't even start to count them until they've all been received, which is why we have no idea how Alaska voted, though it also probably voted for Trump.

The PlayStation 5, is it going to transform gaming?

The early reviews of the PS5 are very good. There's some critique of its design and its size, but people like the power, the speed, the graphics, the stuff that really matters. Important question for me is, am I going to get one for my kids? I love playing FIFA on the PS4 against my six-year-old. We are dead even. PS5? Might be a little much.

More from GZERO Media

Walmart strengthens America’s workforce

Walmart

Across America, Walmart is supporting communities by working with small businesses, like beyondGREEN, in San Antonio, TX. Since becoming a Walmart supplier in 2023, the Texas-based company built a new factory and hired over 100 employees. Across the country, Walmart’s $350 billion investment in products made, grown, or assembled in America supports the creation of over 750,000 US jobs. Learn how Walmart’s investment in US manufacturing helps small businesses grow.

Unlocking protein structures with AI

Microsoft

Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab, in collaboration with Nobel Prize winner David Baker, Seoul National University Professor Minkyung Baek, MIT Professor Bonnie Berger, and University of Pennsylvania Professor Gregory Bowman, have developed Seq2Symm, an AI model that can predict protein structures 80,000 times faster than previous methods. Understanding these structures is key to breakthroughs in medicine, disease research, and synthetic biology. Seq2Symm’s open-source technology will help scientists accelerate drug discovery, better understand diseases like Alzheimer’s, and develop new bioengineered materials. By making protein research faster and more accessible, Microsoft is helping unlock life’s biggest mysteries. Learn more here.

US travel warnings issued by its closest allies

- YouTube

youtu.be

Why are some countries issuing travel advisories for visiting the United States? How are the political tensions in Netanyahu's government impacting the war with Hamas? Will public outcry over the arrest of Istanbul's mayor lead to major political reforms or shifts within the Turkish government? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

The Vatican wants to protect children from AI dangers

Joachim von Braun, president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, speaks at the “Risks and Opportunities of AI for Children: A Common Commitment for Safeguarding Children” event.

© Alessia Giuliani/IPA via ZUMA Press via Reuters

In a conference at the Vatican last week, Catholic leaders called for global action to protect children from the dangers of artificial intelligence.

Europe hungers for faster chips

Semiconductor chips are seen on a circuit board of a computer in this illustration.

REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration

A coalition of nine European countries is discussing how to accelerate the continent’s chip independence, the group said on Friday.

How DeepSeek changed China’s AI ambitions

Midjourney

Just a few short months ago, Silicon Valley seemed to have the artificial intelligence industry in a chokehold. Startups OpenAI and Anthropic blazed the trail on large language models while Google, Meta, Microsoft, and other tech incumbents invested billions to keep up. But when the Chinese startup DeepSeek released its AI models in January, claiming they matched American ones in performance at much cheaper prices to develop, the US lead was suddenly called into question.

What Trump team's war plans leak revealed

- YouTube

youtu.be

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: A key insight revealed by the Yemen military strike group chat: The entire Trump cabinet is saying we shouldn’t be helping the Europeans, and if we have to then they should be paying for it. It's not collective security, it’s purely transactional security.

About UsCareers PressContact Us Privacy PolicyTerms of Use
© 2020 GZERO Media. All Rights Reserved | A Eurasia Group media company.